4 Jul 2016 DALRYMPLE: In other words, the Greeks spend and the Germans pay, in return for the abasement of France which no Frenchman (quite rightly) wants. As a recipe for international understanding, and for the continuation of the peace that apologists for the Union claim is the only reason Portugal has not

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